Directed by:
Emmanuel MouretCinematography:
Laurent DesmetCast:
Virginie Ledoyen, Emmanuel Mouret, Julie Gayet, Michaël Cohen, Frédérique Bel, Stefano Accorsi, Mélanie Maudran, Marie Madinier, Laurent PonsPlots(1)
The movie begins in Nantes, where a chance encounter between a Parisian fabric designer (Julie Gayet) and a local art restorer (Michaël Cohen) leads to dinner, drinks and nearly to the titular meeting of the lips. But wait, the woman says - first, she must tell a cautionary tale about how a similarly innocent smooch created seismic shifts in the relationships of two other couples. That story then plays out in flashback, with the hangdog Mouret perfectly self-cast as a lovelorn schoolteacher who falls for his best female friend (Virginie Ledoyen), no matter that she's happily married and he's dating a beautiful stewardess (played by ebulliently ditsy Frédérique Bel). I'll say no more about how it all ends up, except that Mouret marries Rohmer's visual lucidity and love of smart dialogue to the sort of screwball-comedy antics that wouldn't have seemed out of place in the films of Lubitsch or Hawks, and he does it all with a beguiling lightness of touch. (KinoSmith)
(more)Cast
Virginie Ledoyen
France
Best movies:
Les Misérables (2000) (series)
La Cérémonie (1995)
8 Women (2002)
Emmanuel Mouret
France
Best movies:
The Art of Love (2011)
Fais moi plaisir ! (2009)
Un baiser s'il vous plaît (2007)
Julie Gayet
France
Best movies:
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
L'Affaire Annette Zelman (2022) (TV movie)
Cafard (2015) - narrator
Michaël Cohen
France
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1995)
La Belle Époque (2019)
L'Opération Corned Beef (1991)
Frédérique Bel
France
Best movies:
A Very Long Engagement (2004)
Serial (Bad) Weddings (2014)
Round Da Way (2009)
Stefano Accorsi
Italy
Best movies:
The Ignorant Fairies (2001)
Crime Novel (2005)
The Referee (2013)
Mélanie Maudran
France
Best movies:
Frank Riva (2003) (series)
Un baiser s'il vous plaît (2007)
Camping paradis (2006) (series)
Marie Madinier
Best movies:
Un baiser s'il vous plaît (2007)
Laurent Pons
Best movies:
Cloclo: The Legend of Jean François (2012)
Full Time (2021)
Broken English (2007)